CVE-2016-9079

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-06-22. Federal remediation due 2023-07-13.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

87.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-06-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-10-27

Assigning CNA

mozilla

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d96b24462a0c93ec623e565fba9e8b42d62f0361e24d14100c7f09baf70a87ed

• www.debian.orgDSA-3730https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2843http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2843.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-35https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securitytracker.com1037370http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037370vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com42327https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42327/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2850http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2850.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94591http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94591vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.exploit-db.com41151https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41151/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321066x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-9079government-resource